The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve is a protected area located in the Gracias a Dios department on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. It covers an area of 5,250 square kilometers (2,030 square miles) and is mostly found along the Río Plátano. The reserve is home to many endangered species and contains some of the largest remaining tropical forests in Central America.
The Rio Abiseo National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo) is located in the San Martín department of Peru. UNESCO designated it as a Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity (World Heritage Site) in 1990. The park contains many types of plant and animal life, as well as more than 30 pre-Columbian archaeological sites.
The Rietveld Schröder House (Dutch: Rietveld Schröderhuis; also called the Schröder House) in Utrecht (Prins Hendriklaan 50) was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children. Mrs.
The Richtersveld is a desert area with rough valleys and tall mountains, located in the north-western part of South Africa’s Northern Cape province. The area has many different landscapes, including flat, sandy coastal plains, rough, sharp mountains made of volcanic rock, and green areas along the Orange River, which forms the border with nearby Namibia. The region’s height ranges from sea level up to 1,377 meters (4,518 feet) at Cornellberg.
Rani ki Vav, also known as “The Queen’s Stepwell,” is a stepwell located in Patan, Gujarat, India. It sits along the banks of the Saraswati River. The stepwell was built by Udayamati, the wife of Bhima I, a king from the 11th-century Chaulukya dynasty.
Rapa Nui National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional Rapa Nui) is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located on Easter Island, Chile. Rapa Nui is the Polynesian name for Easter Island; its Spanish name is Isla de Pascua. The island is in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southernmost edge of the Polynesian Triangle.
The Rainforests of the Atsinanana is a World Heritage Site added in 2007. It includes 13 areas across six national parks in eastern Madagascar. These rainforests are located along the eastern side of the island.
Qusayr ‘Amra, also called Quseir Amra or Qasr Amra (Arabic: قصر عمرة, romanized: Qaṣr ‘Amrah), is the most famous of the desert castles in eastern Jordan today. It was built between 723 and 743 by Walid Ibn Yazid, who later became the Umayyad caliph Walid II. At that time, Walid Ibn Yazid was gaining influence in the region.
The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a tower and a symbol of victory. It was built during the Delhi Sultanate and is part of the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Mehrauli, South Delhi, India. Most of the tower was built between 1199 and 1220.
The Quebrada de Humahuaca is a narrow mountain valley in the province of Jujuy, northwest Argentina, about 1,649 kilometers (1,025 miles) north of Buenos Aires. It is approximately 155 kilometers (96 miles) long, stretching from north to south. The valley is bordered by the Altiplano to the west and north, by the Sub-Andean hills to the east, and by the warm valleys (Valles Templados) to the south.